J. G. Holland Quotes
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.
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My dominant feeling every day is one of great ignorance.
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Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.
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I'm interested in people. I'm curious about people, and of course we're curious about people whose work we respond to. So I'm not saying that I don't understand fascination with other people. But as it's dealt with in this American, modern-day culture, I find it not just boring but actually sort of destructive, really.
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An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
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Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new leaders of China's Communist Party central committee.
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The idea that either individuals or organisations are 'too big to fail' or that the tech and start-up sector is somehow different is wrong.
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That's something that I gotta prove - I don't like being labeled as 'soft.' I'm not soft.
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I love deep cleavage on the foot. It reminds me of Berlin in 1930s, 'Cabaret.'
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As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
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Losing your parent is unlike anything.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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Certain movies like 'Wag The Dog,' we used improv on every scene that we did. Pretty much, we would shoot from the script and then some stuff that we came up with in rehearsal, and then we'd have at least one or two takes where we completely went off the script and just flew by the seat of our pants.
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It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.
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I can't say we will invest in any significant way with this first fund. But hopefully, when we move onto the fund number two, India will be a market that we pursue.
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A negative mind will never give you a positive life.
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What I want is that my picture should evoke nothing but emotion.
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That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.
